There are codes to reset the region on the PS3. But I think you can only do it a few times and it locks the region. There might be code to make it an all region box. Ripping the DVDs and removing the region code is the way to go.

I wouldn't drop out of school, yes you need a degree. Getting into a screenwriting program would help as well. It doesn't have to be UCLA or NYU. It will teach you discipline, help you build a portfolio of work and give you lifelong friends and contacts.

Advices for moving to L.A.

I would have a portfolio of work, 5 or 6 scripts in different genres. And a pocket full of other ideas you can pitch. And for each of your scripts write a 1-page synopsis and a 30-second elevator pitch. You will be a parties and someone will ask you what your script and that someone could be connected. No one reads a script without a 1-5 page synopsis. That's just the way it is.

Get a website and put your scripts up as PDFs (you can password protect them if you a paranoid and only give the password out to agents and producers). Everyone these days asks for your website. Squarespace and Wix are to places to set up cheap, nice looking sites without having HTML experience. Here is my portfolio site as an example: http://www.steve-hopstaken.com/

Getting an agent would be very helpful and they are more open to taking you on before you move, especially if you tell them you are in the process of moving. This is where having a portfolio of work with help to show you aren't a one-script writer.

Join L.A.-based Reddit communities and screenwriting communities. Meetup.com is also a good place to find communities. It will help you find apartments, jobs and local friends.

Save up money, because it is expensive to live there. When you get there, get a job doing anything you can just so you can to pay the bills. Apply at the studios, but don't tell them you write scripts. But it would be good if it was a job that used your writing skills, like advertising or internal communications. I got a job at Warner Bros. writing press releases. My writing partner got a job in the Warner Bros. licensing department. Even a non-studio writing job will make you more professional in their eyes.

Other good jobs are working for catering companies, because you will get to do industry parties. Driving limos gets you contact with movers-and-shakers and you quickly form a map of the town in your head.

If you can afford it, attend some screenwriting or production classes at UCLA or other area schools. You make great connections and friends in the industry that will last a lifetime.

Sometimes it is just a chemical imbalance. Why tdo people get cancer or the flu. It is just the body breaking down like any other random illness. Maybe it is trigger by the stress of starting a new chapter in your life. Not many people have confidence right out of college. Apologize to your parents they will understand. The fact you are recognizing it as an aberration is a good thing, it means you are getting better.

We lived in L.A. for a year and sold nothing. Moved to Minneapolis and sold two screenplays remotely using the Internet. Go figure. But being in L.A. can help.

I would have a portfolio of work, 5 or 6 scripts in different genres. And a pocket full of other ideas you can pitch. And for each of your scripts write a 1-page synopsis and a 30-second elevator pitch. You will be a parties and someone will ask you what your script and that someone could be connected. No one reads a script without a 1-5 page synopsis. That's just the way it is.

Get a website and put your scripts up as PDFs (you can password protect them if you a paranoid and only give the password out to agents and producers). Everyone these days asks for your website. Squarespace and Wix are to places to set up cheap, nice looking sites without having HTML experience. Here is my portfolio site: http://www.steve-hopstaken.com/

Getting an agent would be very helpful and they are more open to taking you on before you move, especially if you tell them you are in the process of moving. This is where having a portfolio of work will show you aren't a one-script writer.

Join L.A.-based Reddit communities and screenwriting communities. Meetup.com is also a good place to find communities. It will help you find apartments, jobs and local friends.

Save up money, because it is expensive to live there. When you get there, get a job doing anything you can just so you can to pay the bills. Apply at the studios, but don't tell them you write scripts. But it would be good if it was a job that used your writing skills, like advertising or internal communications. I got a job at Warner Bros. writing press releases. My writing partner got a job in the Warner Bros. licensing department. Even a non-studio writing job will make you more professional in their eyes.

Other good jobs are working for catering companies, because you will get to do industry parties. Driving limos gets you contact with movers-and shakers and you quickly form a map of the town in your head.

If you can afford it, attend some screenwriting or production classes at UCLA or other area schools. You make great connections and friends in the industry that will last a lifetime.

I have had good luck with making the mac "Forget this network." Restarting the modem, restarting the computer and adding it back to the mac's list of preferred networks. I have to do about once a month and it's getting annoying.

These are just bushes out of focus and with weird shadows. This has already been debunked on national tv. If you bring up the live traffic camera you can see the same image and they are clearly bushes.